PRACTICING & PERFORMING
Transposing Songs
The Songs app offers you two options to transpose a song and automatically update its chord symbols and chord diagrams:
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A 'Quick-Transpose' pop-up menu enables you to transpose a song by specifying an interval (the number of half-steps) above or below the current key.
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A 'Chromatic Circle' enables you to transpose a song by selecting a specific key. It also allows you to switch between parallel minor and major keys and change the accidentals ('#' / 'b') of the chord symbols.
You may manually type in the values of the 'Original Key' and 'Transposed Key' of a song in the song info panel. This will change the key without transposing the song’s chord symbols and chord chart. (See Original & Transposed Key to learn more.)
Quick-Transpose
The quick-transpose pop-up menu to specify the desired interval is accessible in the Song Info panel.
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Quick-transpose the selected song by tapping/clicking on the transpose icon in the song info panel (next to 'Transpose Key') and making a selection from the pop-up menu. |
Chromatic Circle
The chromatic circle can be accessed in three ways:
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Option 1: Tap/Click on the transpose icon in the song info panel (next to 'Transpose Key') and select 'Chromatic Circle' from the pop-up menu. |
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Option 2: Tap/Click on the round arrows of the song info pop-up. (The song info pop-up appears when the song’s scrolling position is at its beginning.) |
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Option 3: Tap/Click on the circle icon of the docked toolbar. (If the docked toolbar is not visible tap/click on the three dots in the right corner of the bottom toolbar.) |
A circle will appear:
The circle has a menu icon in its center to access a pop-up menu with the following options:
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'Set Tonic/Transpose' (set and change the key of the song)
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'Circle Of Fifths' (analyze chord progressions and build harmonic fields)
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'Select Scale' (explore scales on the virtual fretboard or keyboard)
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Select 'Set Tonic/Transpose' in the pop-up menu. |
If you wish to set the tonic (original key) of the song:
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Tap/Click (and holding) the lower area of the inner ring (indicated by the orange dot), drag the selection arrow under the desired note |
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If you wish to transpose the song tap/click on the desired note in the outer ring. |
The Songs app automatically switches between flat or sharp accidentals when the key signature changes during song tranpositions:
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Tap/Click on the accidental sign in the center of the circle to toggle between the sharp ('#') and flat ('b') transcriptions. |
Note: The accidental sign is automatically greyed out when the selected key signature requires the use of a specific accidental sign.
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Tap/Click on the 'M'/'m' button inside the chromatic circle to change between parallel major and minor keys. |
Transposing PDFs
Songs in the PDF format cannot be transposed (the chromatic circle cannot be accessed).
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Convert PDF documents into the native Songs format to enable the transposition feature. (See import PDF Files to learn more.) |